Karen Galo, 33, Key West, Florida, has been indicted and charged with two counts of obstruction of justice and one count of disclosing the contents of a federal grand jury subpoena to a third party, with the intent to obstruct a judicial proceeding.
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Lance Kellow, 36, Henderson, Nevada, following a nine-day jury trial, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, three counts of wire fraud and one count of bank fraud for committing mortgage fraud crimes that caused losses to federally insured financial institutions of over $1 million.
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Tobechi Enyinna Onwuhara, 33, formerly of Dallas, Texas, has been arrested in Australia after more than four years as a fugitive and brought to the United States to face charges accusing him of leading a home equity line of credit fraud scheme that attempted to steal more than $38 million and caused approximately $13 million in losses.
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Patience Lavon Jackson, 50, Arlington, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 63 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $2,801,661.95 in restitution, following her conviction for leading a conspiracy to defraud residential mortgage lenders.
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Timothy Ricks, 45, East Orange, New Jersey, a former property manager, admitted to conspiring to defraud financial institutions and launder stolen funds as part of a $15 million mortgage fraud scam that used phony documents and straw buyers to make illegal profits on overbuilt condos.
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Brandon Shepherd, owner of Freedom Financial, the CORE Foundation, and the Sberna Foundation, pleaded guilty to two counts of theft. An employee of Shepherd, Garland Ward, pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted theft. Laura Habre George and Jeff Sadler, both appraisers, also pleaded guilty to their roles in the scam.
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Brent Edward Lovett, 50, Henderson, Nevada, following a six-day jury trial, was convicted of bank fraud for making false statements to a federally insured credit union to obtain a $7.5 million commercial real estate loan.
Joel Blanford, 44, San Ramon, California, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb to 30 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for a mortgage fraud scheme.
Michael Wilkerson, 47, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and Denise Haines, 43, Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, were convicted of engaging in a scheme to defraud JP Morgan Chase’s predecessor, Chase Manhattan Bank, by fraudulently obtaining home loans valued at more than $6 million
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Cynthia Suratos Lorica, 51, Hayward, California, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution for bank fraud and tax evasion.
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